New
York
(ANI):
James
Cameron
says
Oscars
have
snubbed
actors
of
his
sci-fi
blockbuster
Avatar
because
people
often
'confuse'
the
movie's
technology
as
being
responsible
for
what
they
have
seen
onscreen.
"People
confuse
what
we
have
done
with
animation," the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
Cameron
as
telling
The
Hollywood
Reporter.
The
Avatar
helmer
added:
"It's
nothing
like
animation.
The
creator
here
is
the
actor,
not
the
unseen
hand
of
an
animator."
The
film,
which
has
received
nine
Academy
Award
nominations
this
week,
took
over
15
years
to
be
produced
and
used
innovative
CGI
technology
to
bring
alive
the
story
of
a
futuristic
conflict
between
humans
and
the
blue-skinned
Na'vi
tribe
of
Pandora.
However,
Cameron
believes
Oscar
voters
didn't
consider
the
film's
performances
to
be
actual
'acting.' The
flick"s
producer
Jon
Landau
said:
"We
made
a
commitment
to
our
actors
that
what
they
would
see
up
on
the
screen
were
their
performances,
not
somebody
else's
interpretation
of
what
their
performance
might
or
might
not
be."